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An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity

A history of the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood, which decisively halted the momentum gained during the First Crusade and decided the fate of the Crusader states.

A dazzling group biography of the early twentieth-century thinkers who transformed the way the world thought about math and science

From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars

From a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a biography of the American anarchist Lucy Parsons

A revised and expanded edition of the classic, myth-shattering exploration of American family life during the Cold War

From a renowned historian, the story of a prosperous early American family and the great middle class land grab that propelled the nation's staggering economic and territorial growth

An award-winning science writer introduces us to mathematics using the extraordinary equation that unites five of mathematics' most important numbers

An expert guide to how conversation works, from how we know when to speak to why huh is a universal word.

A revealing portrait of the end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and presidency, shedding new light on how he made his momentous final policy decisions

The director and founding member of the Houston Galveston Institute documents the emergence of postmodern narrative therapy and shows how linguistics and social discourse influence the changing culture of psychotherapy. Anderson shows how the therapist can empower the patient through the use of narrative and discourse, thereby creating a collaborative environment.

A rising historian's narrative chronicle of race in America, and the successes, failures, and stalemates of black leaders in the past fifty years

An acclaimed historian presents a dual biography of Theodore Roosevelt and New York City, showing how Roosevelt's identity and politics were forged in the booming city of his birth.

Beautifully designed and carefully curated, a fascinating collection of the things that shaped the way we live and play in America

"American power and a pervasive globalization are the central realities of today's world, and the source of its thorniest dilemmas. Yet while America's unprecedented might should be the source of globa"

An insider account of the conflict between America's civilian and military leadership, from the First Gulf War to the present global conflicts

An expanded edition of a classic intellectual history of Zionism, now covering the rise of religious Zionism since the 1970s

From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

Yuval Levin is one of the most important conservative intellectuals of his generation, so his books are worth reading almost regardless of the topic. But The Fractured Republic stands on its own as an indispensable piece of work' - Jonah Goldberg

An acclaimed military historian charts the rocky history of the America's Special Operations Forces, highlighting both the heroism of America's finest soldiers and the strategic limits of special operations.

From a leading authority on race and public policy, a deeply researched account of how families rise and fall today

A fully updated edition of the classic business reference book on product development from a world renowned innovation management scholar

"This is not only one of the most important works on medical ethics yet written. It also breaks through the frontiers of historiography to provide a convincing psychological interpretation of the Third Reich and the crimes of National Socialism."-New York Review of Books

What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century

An acclaimed novelist and critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time

In the heart of Europe's current crisis, one of the continent's foremost statesmen issues a clarion call to radically remake the European Union in the mould of the United States' own federal government.

The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history

A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past--and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change

"A priceless manual for anyone seriously interested on the restaurant world. Concise, pointed, informative, and candid, it explains simply to the neophyte chef the difficult but wonderful and rewarding world of the kitchen."-Jacques Pepin